jonny gomes hit a home run and pitcr travis blakely allowed only one run over six innings to tie the rangers for first place in the a.l. west and force a winner-take-all game against texas tonight. >>> all right. to miami, adam greenberg got his first at-bat since being hit in the head by a pitch seven years ago in his only other mlb appearance. this a lot of people have been following, he signed a one-day contract with the marlins before the game and came in as a pinch-hitter against the mets. everyone was rooting for him, but greenberg struck out in three pitches. the marlins did go in to win it, 4-3 in 11 innings. >>> well, to kansas city where detroit's miguel cabrera picked up two hits and two rbis in the tigers 4-2 loss to the royals. with a .331 average, 44 home runs and 139 rbis cabrera is on the brink of becoming the first triple crown winner in 45 years. we'll wait to see about that. >>> finally in soccer, robin van persie scored two goals for manchester united extending their winning start to the seasons champions league after a 2-1 victory. >> announcer: early today sports is bro